Essays Jessica Bell, Lonesome Shack, Polyrhythmics — June 16, 2011 14:20 — 7 Comments
Music for the Masses, Music for the One
Different musics demand different venues for the creation of an optimum sonic experience. (That sounds too technical, but I just didn’t know how else to say it, please forgive me for sounding like a robot). Sometimes the sweaty dance floor is where it’s at, sometimes it’s a football field packed with 100,000 people, and sometimes the best music happens in a desolate bar occupied only by the flies and your sad self. Here are three very different songs that demonstrate this exact range.
The Impostor is a cut from Polyrhythmics‘ new album Labrador. Put your moving shoes on.
Jessica Bell sings the classic lover’s lament Please Take Me Back. Eccentric lyrics balance the 80′s rock-arena lighters held high arrangement and production.
If you thought all the great old bluesmen were gone, you were wrong. Lonesome Shack is a bonafide juke-joint. True to the great tradition of Blind Blake, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Robert Johnson, singer Ben Todd moans that old-time woe in Down and Alone.
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- Richard Kenney
Thank you so much for showcasing this! Just a little note for listeners. This song is actually a part of the all-original soundtrack I’ve written for my debut novel, String Bridge. The album will be released November 1st, the same day as the book. :o)
please send me your new songs. they sound great.
Loved the edgy ease of the Lonesome Shack song.
And yeah, the lyrics and production raise Jessica Bell’s song above the ordinary.
Jessica Bell is incredibly multi-talented. I don’t know what I’m looking forward to the most–her book or the soundtrack release. How often does an author release their own soundtrack for their book.? I see big success on the horizon for Jessica come this November. This song is some good sounding stuff!
Arlee Bird
Kick arse, Jessica! You are so talented! Can’t wait to hear it all!
Please send me your new songs Jess. They sound great!
Well Jess has talent, love to hear some more. Great production value, and fantastic voice, reminds me of Shirley Manson.